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| Anna Politkovskaya's children boycott trial of her alleged murderers | Anna Politkovskaya's children boycott trial of her alleged murderers |
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| The alleged killers of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya have gone on trial, but her children are refusing to participate. | The alleged killers of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya have gone on trial, but her children are refusing to participate. |
| Ilya and Vera Politkovskaya issued a statement saying: "We refuse to come to court, refuse to give any kind of testimony, and also refuse to acknowledge as legitimate any of Judge Melekhin's actions in the consideration of this criminal case." | Ilya and Vera Politkovskaya issued a statement saying: "We refuse to come to court, refuse to give any kind of testimony, and also refuse to acknowledge as legitimate any of Judge Melekhin's actions in the consideration of this criminal case." |
| They said they had waited nearly seven years for a trial that was now "patently illegitimate". | They said they had waited nearly seven years for a trial that was now "patently illegitimate". |
| Having been excluded from jury selection, they called on the chosen jurors to recuse themselves. | Having been excluded from jury selection, they called on the chosen jurors to recuse themselves. |
| Dmitry Muratov , the editor of Politkovskaya's former paper, Novaya Gazeta, said he supported the children's decision to boycott the trial. | Dmitry Muratov , the editor of Politkovskaya's former paper, Novaya Gazeta, said he supported the children's decision to boycott the trial. |
| "We are not doubting the jurors," he said. "We do not trust the procedure by which the jurors were selected so frenetically and rapidly." | "We are not doubting the jurors," he said. "We do not trust the procedure by which the jurors were selected so frenetically and rapidly." |
| Politkovskaya was shot dead in the entrance to her Moscow apartment block in October 2006. | Politkovskaya was shot dead in the entrance to her Moscow apartment block in October 2006. |
| All five defendants, who include four members of the same Chechen family, deny the charges. Three of them were acquitted of the murder four years ago, but that verdict was overturned by Russia's supreme court. | All five defendants, who include four members of the same Chechen family, deny the charges. Three of them were acquitted of the murder four years ago, but that verdict was overturned by Russia's supreme court. |
| Lom-Ali Gaitukayev is accused of organising the killing while one of his nephews, Rustam Makhmudov, is suspected of being the gunman. | Lom-Ali Gaitukayev is accused of organising the killing while one of his nephews, Rustam Makhmudov, is suspected of being the gunman. |
| Two other nephews, Ibragim and Dzhibrail Makhmudov, and a former policeman, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, are accused of being accomplices. | Two other nephews, Ibragim and Dzhibrail Makhmudov, and a former policeman, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, are accused of being accomplices. |
| Last December, a former police officer, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, was convicted of supplying the murder weapon after agreeing a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 11 years in jail. | Last December, a former police officer, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, was convicted of supplying the murder weapon after agreeing a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 11 years in jail. |
| Sources: Moscow Times/BBC/Voice of Russia | Sources: Moscow Times/BBC/Voice of Russia |
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